BARBARA HARDY

The Dickens Fellowship very much regrets to record that Barbara Hardy died on Friday 12th February, having suffered a severe stroke on Tuesday 9th. She was 91 years old. Barbara's contribution to scholarship, particularly about the novel in the 19th and 20th centuries, was inestimable. Many members of the Fellowship will have been inspired by her teaching, her writing and her talks. She will be buried at Llanmadoc church on Gower in South Wales on Saturday 20th February and a wake will take place at Flat G, 88 Philbeach Gdns SW59EU on Sunday 21st from midday. We send our deepest sympathy to her family and friends. A full tribute will appear in the Summer issue of The Dickensian.